Re: Mrtg Path Disclosure Vulnerability

[Barney Wolff <barney () databus com>]

Unless I'm terribly confused, mrtg only generates files and runs off
cron, not as a cgi.  So you're dealing with something other than mrtg
itself.  Also, the current version is 2.9.18pre1.

Barney Wolff

On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 02:18:54AM +0200, Tamer Sahin wrote:
> Summary:
> If an attacker submits a web request containing unexpected arguments
> for script variables, an error message will be displayed containing
> the path to the webroot directory of the server running the Mrtg cgi
> script.
>
> http://host/mrtg.cgi?cfg=blabla
>
> Tested:
> Mrtg v2.090011
> Mrtg v2.090006
>
> Vulnerable:
> Mrtg v2.090011
> Mrtg v2.090006
>
> And may be other.